Infant&#39;s garment



Ogt. 19, 1948. D. CATIZQNE 2,451,807

INFANTS GARMENT Filed March 2, 1946 v INVENTOR DANIEL CATIZUNE ATTORNEYPatented Oct. 19, 1948 UNITED [STATES PATENT OFFICE; I--

INFANTS GARMENT Daniel catizon ivcwrxork. N. Y.

Application March 2, 1946,Serial No. 651,581

quently made of a jacket or a blouse and a top sheet or blanketconnected with the front of the jacket; the sheet therefore forms acontinuation of the front of'thejacket thereby effecting a cover andpermitting accessibility to the back of the infant for redressing: thesame and forchanging its undergarments.

Now it is often observed that infants are in clined to move extensivelyand, especially to roll over completely. The hitherto customary jacketand top sheet combined garments fail to answer the requirements of theseextensive changes of position; as. a. consequence thereof the infantsbecome entangled in the garment and injuries and even death accidentsresult;

It. is. the. primary object of the. invention to improve the,construction of. a garment of the above stated type. with. a view to.greatly increase the freedom of movementtowardsboth the right. and theleft side including uplifting and sitting posture.

It is also an object of the invention to allow an unlimited extent ofthis'movement without increasing the danger of the infant beingentangled and trapped in the folds of the garment.

It is also an object of the invention to assure full coverage of theinfant in spite of excessive turning and lifting movements, which incase of the hitherto known garments would inevitably lead to exposure.

It is also an object of the invention to comlbine with the garment anundershee-t extending far above the infants head in its lying as well asin its uplifted or sitting positions.

It is a further object of the invention to simplify the construction ofthe garment and to render its manufacture less expensive.

With these and additional objects in View which will become apparent asthis description proceeds, the infants garment forming the subjectmatter of this invention consists of a jacket and a sheet attached tothe lower edge of the front and to a part of the lower edge of the backof the jacket; the sheet reaches far beyond the upper end of the jacket;it therefore will be situated under- 1 Claim. (01. 2-414) neath thechild's headtin-uation beyond the same; the jacket and the 2 i and forman upper con sheet are for a certain length detached from each other bya slot which extends transversely underneath the jacket at about thelocation of its sheet connected ed'gewh-ich approximately corresponds tothe childs waistline.

The garment is provided with a longitudinal center opening extendingover the greater portion or its length, thus, twoside wings are formedof the sheet relative to and on both sides of this center opening; thematerial of the upper;por-

trons of the two wings is cut on a large bi e tending towards thetransverse slot; inthis mannor a very ample freedom. of movement is obtained for the child to move to the right and to;

the left, to l'iftitself in any sitting posture and to even. completelyroll over in any direction.

Only this. large freedom of movement resulting. from the novelconstruction of the garment actually excludes injuries and severeaccidents;

it is obtained, as stated above, by the continuation of the sheet. farabove the upper end of the jacket, by the detachment of the sheet from.a. I part of the jacketat about the waistline andthe bias-formation ofthe upper portions of the above. mentioned two. sheet wings.

The garmentwill now be described in detail 3 a of Fig. 1. Y

Fig. 4 is a sectional longitudinal elevation on line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a view of the various components of the garment in unassembledcondition.

Referring to the drawing, numeral I denominates the sheet and numeral 2the jacket forming the two main components of the infants garment.

The jacket has a length to cover the infant to approximately hiswaistline which is indicated in the drawing by the broad seam 8 which,as below more fully explained, connects the jacket and the sheet.

This sheet is composed of two main portions, viz. a lower portion 3 andan upper portion 4, the latter reaches beyond the upper end of jacket 2.Both the sheet and the jacket are made of an appropriate material, suchas for instance linen, flannel and the like. The sheet is connectedalong its two lateral edges on its full length by scams 5 with two sidepanels 6 whereby sufficient material is provided to be tucked underneaththe mattress of a crib or bed.

The jacket consists of a front 9 and a back II]. The jacket is at thelower edge of its front 9 and at a part I2 of the lower edge of its backI connected with sheet portion 3. The jacket is provided with a neckopening I3 and arm openings II. The front 9 of the jacket is providedwith collar opening l6 closed by buttons; this opening lfiextends into aslot l reaching downward for the greater length of the sheet portion 3.This slot is is preferably closed by slide fas tener.

This arrangement greatly contributes to the easy placing of the childalready prepared for rest into the garment and facilitates the recliningof the same. It also is obvious from the above that the child will neverbe located on top of the sheet portion 3 which eliminates otherwiserequired washing and cleaning procedures. The seam connection 8 betweenthe jacket and the sheet portion 3 is reinforced by a band) An importantfeature of the invention is the novel connection of the upper edge ofthe sheet section 3with the lower edge of front 9 and of a part of backH] of jacket 2; thesheet is connected on both sides of the garment witha part I 2 of the lower edge of back l0.

In this manner two wings I8 are formed on bothsides of the longitudinalcenter opening l5, [6 of the garment; thematerial forming the upperportion of the wings is cut on a large bias; accordingly sheet portionsi 9 result forming with the sheet section 3 wide folds 20.

The enlarged portions [9 and wide folds together with the detachment ofthe jacket from the sheet portions 3, 4 by slots l5 represent theimportant progress in the making of the garment, as in this manner thatample freedom of movement is provided which will exclude otherwiseinevitable injuries and accidents. This great danger is mainly obviatedby the bias construction of the upper portions 19 of the sheet wings I8and the resulting formation of the ample vfolds 20, which usually aretucked underneath the infants body but may be easily and widelyunloosened by the same thereby providing a practically unlimited freedomof motion.

That enlarged portion IQ of the wings l8 cut on the bias may preferablyextend 12 inches 4 Number downward from the upper edge of the sheetportion 3 and may extend transversely for about 15 inches along theupper edges of sheet portion 3; therefore the upper edge of the wingportions I9 is much longer than the distance between points a and I),see Fig. 1.

This construction permitting a great freedom of movement of the upperportion of sheet 3 is additionally improved by the factthat this upperedge of sheet portion 3 is slightly arcuate between points a and b.

Having thus described this invention, what I claim is:

A protective sleeping garment for infants consisting of a combinedjacket and bed sheet, said bed sheet comprising an upper and a lowersection, said upper section having a sufficient length to extend wellbeyond the head of the infant in its sleepin position, both sectionshaving an equal width with the exception of the upper part of the lowersection, said upper parts having upwardly and laterall outflaringportions extending at the upper edge of said lower sheet sectionsufficiently beyond the width of the sheet to be connected to the frontand a substantial part of the rear portion of said jacket whereby in theassembled state of the garment two lateral wings are formed from theupper part of said lower sheet section to permit ample lateral movementof the infant, a longitudinal center opening extending through the frontportion of said jacket and the major portion of said lower sheetsection, means to close said opening and two lateral panels havingsubstantially the same length as said bed sheet, being connected withthe upper and the lower sheet section and uniting the same to form acoherent article.

DANIEL CATIZONE:

REFERENCES CITED file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date 1,403,873 Scott Jan. 17, 1922 1,956,8132,215,951

Astrove Sept. 24, 1940 Behringer July 27, 1943 Stephenson May 1, 1934 I

